VLC 1.1.9 Is Released

VideoLAN and the VLC development team present VLC 1.1.9, a minor release of the 1.1 branch. This release, not long after 1.1.8, was necessary because some security issues were found, and the VLC development team cares about security. This release also brings updated translations and a lot of small Mac OS X fixes. Source and binaries builds for Windows and Mac are available.

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework, that plays most multimedias files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. It is simple to use, yet very powerful and extendable. You can install it using the ferramroberto PPA. If you already use the ferramroberto PPA then VLC will be updated to the latest version when updating your system using the update manager.

To install VLC 1.1.9 open a Terminal window (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and copy+paste the following lines: